Convertible bridle and halter



(No Model) J. A. NESBIT.

CONVERTIBLE BRIDLE. AND HALTER.

No. 295,273. I I Patented Mar'. 18, 1884.

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UNITE JOHN ADAMS NESBIT, OF OHARLOTTESVILLE, INDIANA.

CONVERTlBLE BRIDLE AND HALTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,273, dated March18, 1884.

Application filed December 29, 1883. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN ADAMS Nnsm'r, of Oharlottesville, in the countyof Hancock and State of Indiana, have invented a new and ImprovedConvertible Bridle and Halter, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formiuga part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 shows my invention as it appears when used as a bridle. Fig. 2is a broken side elevation, showing the bits and halterstrap attached;and Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view taken on the line as an of Fig. 2,the bits being removed.

The invention will first be described in conneotion with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claim. 7

The main part of the bridle A-viz., the head-baud a, cheek-pieces I),brow-band c, nosestrap c2, and check-rein e-niay be of the ordinary orof any approved construction. The cheek-pieces b and nose-band (Z meetinthe ringsf, to which also the bits B and halter attachment Careattached. The bits B are made detachable from the rings f, preferably bymeans of the snap-hook g. The halter attachment 0 consists, essentially,of the connecting-straps h and the ring i, to which latter thehalter-strap D is adapted to be attached. The connecting -straps hmay beplain straps; but I prefer to construct them so that they will furnish adraw-pull, and to this end I fold them at h, where they pass through theside rings, f, and pass the outer ends through the loops 3', and securethem to the ring R, which is arranged to surround the central portion ofthe strap to which the ring '11 is attached, as shown clearly in Fig. 3,so that by pulling upon the ring 1' the ring is will be drawn forward bythe outer portions of the straps h, causing these straps and the strap dto close around the horses nose with greater or less force, according tothe strength of the pull, thus making the halter very effective inholding the horse.

\Vhen used as a bridle. the strap D may be detached, if desired. Vhen sodetached. in order to convert the bridle to a halter, it is onlynecessary to attach the strap D to the ringil and detach the books 9from the side rings, f, and remove the bits from the horses mouth. Thereverse of this converts the halter to a bridle.

The halter attachment 0 may be constructed to be attached to the rings ff by means of snap-hooks. In this case the folds at 72. would be passedthrough the slots in the snap-hooks at each side, in place of beingpassed through the said ring f, and the hooks would then be snapped intothe rings f when the attachment 1s 11] use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination, with the ringf ofa bridle, of thehalter attachment- O,'consisting of rings 2' 7c and the strap h, thestrap being secured at the middle of its length to the ring '5, passedthrough ring ]c, and the ends passed through the rings f of the bridleand secured to the ring k, substantially as described.

JOHN ADAMS NESBIT.

Witnesses:

FRANK CRAFT, A. B. Nnsnir.

